Are you a UMBC student working hard towards your degree and an entrepreneurial venture? Would you like some recognition for going above and beyond? The Eisenberg Scholarship is our way of showing you that we see it—all the tireless effort, the hours, and the dedication. If you’re that student, all you need to do to be a candidate for this scholarship is to fill out the attached application. Remember, the deadline is September 29, 2017.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

The purpose of the Joseph and Frieda Faiman Eisenberg/VPC Endowed Scholarship is to provide a $500 scholarship award to an outstanding UMBC undergraduate interested in becoming an entrepreneur. This award is associated with UMBC’s Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship.

The scholarship will be awarded for the 2017-2018 academic year.

CRITERIA:

The student selected to receive this award should:

 Be a full-time degree-seeking student in good standing at UMBC

 Submit a personal statement about their interest in entrepreneurship

 Submit a resume

 Demonstrate an interest in becoming an entrepreneur

 Have a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average

APPLICATION DEADLINE: September 29, 2017

Are you a UMBC student working hard towards your degree and an entrepreneurial venture? Would you like some recognition for going above and beyond? The Eisenberg Scholarship is our way of showing you that we see it—all the tireless effort, the hours, and the dedication. If you’re that student, all you need to do to be a candidate for this scholarship is to fill out the attached application. Remember, the deadline is September 29, 2017.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:

The purpose of the Joseph and Frieda Faiman Eisenberg/VPC Endowed Scholarship is to provide a $500 scholarship award to an outstanding UMBC undergraduate interested in becoming an entrepreneur. This award is associated with UMBC’s Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship.

The scholarship will be awarded for the 2017-2018 academic year.

CRITERIA:

The student selected to receive this award should:

 Be a full-time degree-seeking student in good standing at UMBC

 Submit a personal statement about their interest in entrepreneurship

 Submit a resume

 Demonstrate an interest in becoming an entrepreneur

 Have a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average

APPLICATION DEADLINE: September 29, 2017

In the weeks leading up to the Alumni Awards Ceremony, we’ll be profiling each honoree in more detail here on our blog. Today, meet Alejandro Cremaschi ’93, music, associate professor of piano pedagogy and chair of keyboard studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, and this year’s Outstanding Alumnus in Visual and Performing Arts.

As a musician, an academic, and a native of Argentina, Alejandro Cremaschi ’93, music, has dedicated much of his life and career to the research and performance of the music of Latin America. In addition to his post as an associate professor of piano pedagogy and chair of keyboard studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, Cremaschi has recorded five albums, both solo and with the string ensemble Trio Cordilleras, that showcase the works of such composers as Alberto Ginastera, Luis Jorge Gonzalez, and Luis Gianneo. Cremaschi enrolled at UMBC as an international student in 1991, and says that his time here had an immense impact on both his musicianship and scholarship. In addition to his study of piano with Dr. Nancy Roldan — “a revelation for me,” he writes — Cremaschi also sang in UMBC’s Camerata, and performed with the group at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. After graduating, Cremaschi earned both his master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Minnesota, and taught at Ohio State University for several years before joining the faculty at CU Boulder in 2004. Cremaschi is a past president of the Colorado Music Teachers Association, and has earned accolades for his diversity and community outreach work both on- and off-campus. He says that his greatest success is being able to do what he loves: play, teach, and introduce the music of his homeland to wider audiences. In his personal life, he is proudest of his wife, Marcela, and their two daughters, Carla and Erica.

Alejandro Cremaschi performs live at UMBC on Thursday, September 21. Click here for more information!
Join us for the Alumni Awards Ceremony on Thursday, October 5!